Consumption

[Duff]

On 2GB (Sydney talkback) a week or two back, a GP mentioned you would have to drink the equivalent of a case per day, every day, for 47 years to have any affect on your liver.

 

[Whistlingjack]

A friend of mine wasn't feeling the best, so the doc booked him in for some blood tests. The night before, he had a few ales, and then some, so his liver function tests were abnormal.

When he heard, it put the wind up him so he swore of the booze.

A few months later, after the tests were repeated, he found there was no permanent damage (of course).

Back on the piss...

 

[sinkas]

On 2GB (Sydney talkback) a week or two back, a GP mentioned you would have to drink the equivalent of a case per day, every day, for 47 years to have any affect on your liver.

This GP obviously sponsored by CUB.... or just totally inept.

 

[sinkas]

Liver Function tests are not really a great way of testing liver function, as they dont really deal well/at all with small reductions in liver "function", so even if your test comes back as normal, it does not preclude you from having some existing long standing small scale damage.

 

[Whistlingjack]

Agree with that, sinkas. Everyone's liver deteriorates over a lifetime.

When you take alcohol, the organ is stressed and results will be grossly abnormal for a few days afterward. If these abnormalities are consistent, then that would be worrying.

 

[brownie-Who-Took-My-Name?]

I drink till I'm full. Can't say I have ever done a count.

 

[Gerard_M]

Since I finished brewing at Paddy's ,to become a Stay at Home Dad, I have lost 13kg's.
I put this down to three reasons.

I don't consume as much beer as I did.
I don't eat lunch at the bistro anymore.
I chase a two year old around all day & never walk up stairs, always run.

I used to get through 6-8 schooners per day as I had a keg in the fridge at home, now I would be lucky to have 3 or 4 beers a week.

I will be brewing continually for the next 6 months to supply a keg each week for refreshments after cricket. I am looking forward to having a few extra beers, but the weight will not be increasing.

Cheers
Gerard

 

[sqyre]

Before i discovered home brewing...(and before i had a mortgage)

i would average 4-5 cartons a week..

since then my consumption has decreased with the addition of working arvo and night shifts

4 weeks out of 6....(try to make up for them on the day shifts though..)

i am now 33..(started drinking at about 17)

Drinking has never caused me any sort of problem....Untill now..

In the last 6 months i have developed Gout in my left knee..

(which may not be the beer..but probably is)

and i have sciatica in my lower back, which causes agonising pain down my right leg..

(which is not completly the beers fault but the beer gut i have hanging off the front of me.)

and WORST of ALL!!

i still wake up next to ugly women... :huh:

(in this case the same one ive been waking up next to for the last 8 years.)



other than that no probs... :super:

 

[sinkas]

Sqyre,

If you have been diagnosed with Gout, you should have been instructed to drink at least 3L a day of water. For the "sciatica", go and see your local chiropractor, or if you wish I am happy to refer you to a colleague in your area.

 

[gonzo]

my old girl told me drinking beer gives u acne so i decided to do a test

i started to drink twice as much as i used to ( couple beers every 2 days to a long neck anight and washed my face with pimple stuff twice a day) and my face has never been clearer haha now she says dont drink it u will get too fat

 

[user 1153]

Pre-home brew days I used to consume about 12 stubbies for the week days and anywhere from 1 to 2 six packs for the weekend depending on social events.

Now I home brew I have about 3-4 300ml glasses a night constantly (sometimes 1 or 2 more or less), without fail.

 

[bugwan]

If drinking was THAT bad for us, Baptists would be living to 120 and the rest of us would be cursing our habits at 70...but it's not the case.

I always tell a doctor that I have one or two nights drink-free. It keeps them happy and they stop haggling

I generally go without one on Monday night (although that's the night I seem to crave them!), that said - I'm slurping on a glass of red as we speak.

Craft brewed beer is a natural product - I'll drink as much of it as I like!

 

[Uncle Fester]

I don't trust ANY medical [so called] doctor :angry: If I had I would have been dead years ago TRUE
I gave up seeing any medical person then and there as I should have died in 1987 aged 37 ,take this and that drug, have these three operations etc, I did not drink much then, a doctor [who is now dead, he was murdered ] said have two beers a night and half an asprin and dont let them cut you [this is 30 yeas ago <_< ], I am now 56 and better then ever, mind you, I have over done it a little but fitter then most half my age

Off soap box and have beer #3.

NEVER trust a Pussers Saw-Bones or Fang Bosun Eh Bindi???

Festa

 

[Mr Bond]

Phew....you guys had me worried! when i saw the thread title I thought someone had TB or worse still it was beer related.
Any one want a lesson try This link

Time for another drink methinks. :chug: